Localization of Health Agents and Resources by Mobile Devices
Romeu Meirelles, M.A. de Almeida, M. Ito · Medinfo 2007: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics; Building Sustainable Health Systems · 2007
This poster reports the research being carried on the following: Initially, some health care situations where low resolution positioning is effectively usable are identified. Despite their limited processing capacity, due to its popularity, mobile devices are a natural choice to implement location awareness. Software can be used to turn regular cell phones and connected PDA's into low resolution positioning devices, without the subscription of expensive Telco's services. Remote computing is used to overcome the processing capacity restraint and improve the performance of the solution. Then, remote Artificial Intelligence techniques are used to improve the geographical resolution and to perform user problem's solution search. Finally, the need of articulated integration with other emerging technologies like Evidence Based Medicine (EBS), Body Area Network (BAN), Portable Patient Record (PPR) is pointed.